obama has given 35 to president bush. president bush held 15 news conferences in his first term. and they ask every question that journalist asks the president found president obama he is press availability one-third as often as president bush did in the first term. 107 to bush's 335. they notice he likes local events and social media, where hard-hitting questions are seldom if at all asked. >> this is hardly unique to the obama administration, but technology increased administration option to bypass the white house press corps. >> they have chosep transparency up to a point. the distinction is some issues we will explain it but you have to trust us. >> if you look at the new websites on the internet what information are they using? using stories from a.p., from the new york times or the "washington post"? it all comes back to that. >> even so, the president has not granted interview to "washington post," "wall street journal" or "new york times" in years. bret? >> bret: doug, thank you. >> bret: nasa says it discovered a